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Using NMR spectroscopy, we simultaneously measure glucose anomer populations and position-specific\n                    <jats:sup>13<\/jats:sup>\n                    C\/\n                    <jats:sup>12<\/jats:sup>\n                    C ratios, enabling direct, time-resolved observations of isotope fractionation at the anomeric (C1) carbon. Starting from \u03b1-glucose, initial \u03b2-glucose formation generates a large transient isotope disequilibrium driven by unequal forward and reverse kinetic isotope effects, producing a temporary divergence in\n                    <jats:sup>13<\/jats:sup>\n                    C abundance of more than 30\u2030 between anomers. Continued interconversion redistributes the isotopes and yields an equilibrium difference of ~7\u2030 between \u03b1- and \u03b2-glucose at the C1 position. 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